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{{Short description|Australian actress, author, poet and businesswoman (1947–2023)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Joy Chambers
| image              = 
| caption            = 
| birth_name         = Carolyn Joy Chambers
| birth_date         = 1947
| birth_place        = [[Ipswich, Queensland]], Australia
| death_date         = {{Death date and given age|2023|09|17|76|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Queensland]], Australia
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actress|author|poet|businesswoman}}
| known_for          = {{bulleted|''[[The Restless Years]]'' (TV series) as Rita Merrick|''[[The Young Doctors]]''  (TV  series) as Dr. Robyn Porter|''[[Neighbours]]''  (TV series) as [[Rosemary Daniels]]}}
| years_active       = 1965–2010
| spouse             = {{marriage |[[Reg Grundy]]|1971|6 May 2016|end=d.}}
| partner            = 
| children           = 
| website            = {{url|http://www.joychambers.com/}}
}}

'''Carolyn Joy Chambers-Grundy''' ({{nee}} Chambers; 1947<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joy Chambers {{!}} Actress |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0150359/ |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref> – 17 September 2023) was an Australian actress, author, poet and businesswoman. As the wife of multimillionaire television tycoon [[Reg Grundy]], she wrote for, worked as a production assistant on and appeared in his productions, and served on the board of [[Reg Grundy Organisation|Grundys Worldwide]]; subsequently with her husband, she formed media investment company "RG Capital Holdings", and pursued a career as a writer of historical novels.

==Biography==
===Early career===
Chambers was named the inaugural Miss Surf Girl in 1965 by the Queensland Surf Life Saving Club and was a model when she was spotted by her future producer husband Reg, who placed her as a panellist on the Australian version of his game show ''[[I've Got A Secret]]'' in which she featured over a 10-year tenure and won two Logie Awards in 1969 and 1970 as Most Popular Female Personality in Queensland. She went on to appear in numerous other Grundy's game shows including ''[[Everybody's Talking]]'', ''[[The Celebrity Game]]'' and ''[[Blankety Blanks (Australian game show)|Blankety Blanks]]''.<ref name="TVAUJC">{{Cite web|url=https://televisionau.com/2023/09/obituary-joy-chambers.html|title=Obituary: Joy Chambers|date=17 September 2023|website=Televisionau.com|access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>

===Television soap opera===
Chambers-Grundy is known for several television soap opera roles including Rita Merrick in ''[[The Restless Years]]'', Dr Robyn Porter in ''[[The Young Doctors]]'', and [[Rosemary Daniels]] in ''[[Neighbours]]''. Chambers first played Rosemary, businesswoman and adopted daughter of [[Anne Haddy]]'s character [[Helen Daniels]], as a guest appearance in 1986 and then played the character on a recurring basis until 2010. Chambers made a brief return to the show in 2005, after line producer Linda Walker emailed her asking if she would return for the 20th anniversary celebrations.<ref name="w"/> She shot her scenes in April on a visit to Melbourne.<ref name="w">{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sauce/stardom-in-the-bag/2005/07/29/1122144019458.html|title=Back in the Hood|last=Hornery|first=Andrew|date=30 July 2005|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|publisher=[[Fairfax Media]]|access-date=5 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a21458/first-neighbours-20th-anniversary-shots.html|title=First 'Neighbours' 20th anniversary shots|last=Green|first=Kris|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=2 June 2005 |publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias|Hachette Filipacchi UK]]|access-date=5 May 2010}}</ref> In May 2010, it was announced that Chambers would again be reprising the role of Rosemary.<ref name="Blast">{{cite web|url=http://holysoap.five.tv/neighbours/news/blast-from-the-past-7776|title=Blast from the past|date=10 June 2010|work=[[Holy Soap]]|publisher=[[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel Five]]|access-date=10 June 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617225337/http://holysoap.five.tv/neighbours/news/blast-from-the-past-7776|archivedate=17 June 2010}}</ref> Chambers also appeared in film ''[[All at Sea (1977 film)|All at Sea]]''.

===Career as writer===
Chambers had a keen interest in poetry and literature which began in childhood, with her father encouraging her deep love of the English word. Chambers was an author of historical novels.<ref name="Teutsh"/> She was also the International Patron of the [[Ipswich Poetry Feast]].

==Personal life and death==
Chambers was the second  wife of television media mogul [[Reg Grundy]] from 1971 until his death in 2016. The couple lived in Bermuda.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bell |first1=Jonathan |title=Dispute over Grundy's $38m luxury estate |url=https://www.royalgazette.com/other/news/article/20171028/dispute-over-grundys-38m-luxury-estate/ |access-date=21 September 2023 |work=[[The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)|The Royal Gazette]] |date=28 October 2017}}</ref> Chambers died in [[Queensland, Australia]] on 17 September 2023, at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marshall |first1=Michelle |title=Neighbours legend Joy Chambers-Grundy dies 'in her sleep' as family mourn loss |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1813819/neighbours-cast-joy-chambers-grundy-dead-death-tributes |access-date=21 September 2023 |work=Express.co.uk |date=17 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==Filmography==
'''Television'''
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
| 1967-1972
| ''[[I've Got A Secret]]''
| Herself - Regular Guest
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Everybody's Talking]]''
| Herself - Regular panelist
| TV series
|-
| 1969
| ''The 11th Annual TV Week Logie Awards''
| Herself
| TV special 
|-
| 1970
| ''The 12th Annual TV Week Logie Awards''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1974
| ''Barry McKenzie: Ogre Or Ocker''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1976–1977
| ''[[The Celebrity Game]]''
| Herself – Regular Panelist
| TV series
|-
| 1977–1978
| ''[[Graham Kennedy's Blankety Blanks]]''
| Herself – Panelist
| TV series
|-
| 1977 
| ''[[All at Sea (1977 film)|All at Sea]]''
| Joy
| TV movie
|-
| 1977–1979
| ''[[The Restless Years]]''
| Rita Merrick
| TV series, 101 episodes
|-
| 1981–1982
| ''[[The Young Doctors]]''
| Robyn Porter
| TV series
|-
| 1981
| ''Channel Nine Celebrates: 25 Years Of Television''
| Herself in audience with Reg Grundy
| TV special
|-
| 1986–1987, 1989–1991, 1993–1998, 2005, 2010
| ''[[Neighbours]]''
| Rosemary Daniels
| TV series, 88 episodes
|-
| 1993, 1996, 2000, 2003
| ''Good Morning Australia''
| Herself – Guest
| TV series, 4 episodes
|-
| 2005, 2010
| ''A Current Affair''
| Herself & Reg Grundy
| TV series
|-
| 2010
| ''Sunrise''
| Herself - Guest
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2010
| ''Ten News''
| Herself & Reg Grundy
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2010
| ''Seven News''
| Herself & Reg Grundy
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2010
| ''Nine News''
| Herself & Reg Grundy
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2010
| ''Sky News''
| Herself & Reg Grundy
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2010
| ''Today Tonight''
| Herself & Reg Grundy
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2010
| ''ABC News''
| Herself & Reg Grundy
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2010, 2016
| ''A Current Affair''
| Herself & Reg Grundy
| TV series
|-
| 2016
| ''A Current Affair''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/broadcast/reg-grundy-australian-media-mogul-dead-at-92/news-story/a2a3041eba4afd25a5fcafeac17d12d5?nk=cfb429b18655ca0e93ccfee99540e4e4-1462754521|title=Reg Grundy, Australian media mogul, dead at 92|last=Mitchell|first=Jake|date=9 May 2016|work=[[The Australian]]|access-date=9 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Teutsh">{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/tv--radio/three-cheers-for-mr-television/2008/11/29/1227491893121.html|title=Three cheers for Mr Television|last=Teutsh|first=Danielle|date=30 November 2008|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|publisher=[[Fairfax Media]]|access-date=15 June 2013}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| ''Sunrise''
| Herself - Archive clips
| TV series, 1 episode
|}

=== Net worth ===
{{columns-start}}
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan=2 | Year
! colspan=2 width=40% | ''[[The Australian Financial Review|Financial Review]]''<br/>[[Financial Review Rich List|Rich List]]
! colspan=2 width=40% | ''[[Forbes Asia|Forbes]]''<br/>[[List of Australians by net worth|Australia's 50 Richest]]
|-
! Rank
! [[Net worth]] ([[AUD|A$]])
! Rank
! {{nowrap|[[Net worth]] ([[USD|US$]])}}
|-
| 2019<ref name="afr2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.afr.com/rich-list/australia-s-10-wealthiest-people-revealed-20190529-p51sj0|title=Australia's 200 richest people revealed|work=[[The Australian Financial Review]] |publisher=Nine Publishing|date=30 May 2019|last=Bailey|first=Michael|access-date=31 May 2019}}</ref>
| align="center" | {{nowrap|{{nts|108}} {{gain}}}}
| align="right"  | $871&nbsp;million {{gain}}
| align="center" | 
| align="right"  | 
|-
| 2020<ref name="afr2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.afr.com/rich-list/the-10-richest-australians-revealed-20201028-p569c7|url-access=subscription|title=The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed|work=[[The Australian Financial Review]]|publisher=Nine Publishing|date=30 October 2020|author1=Bailey, Michael|author2=Sprague, Julie-anne|access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref>
| align="center" |  {{nowrap|{{nts|114}} {{decrease}}}}
| align="right"  | $871&nbsp;million {{steady}}
| align="center" | 
| align="right"  | 
|-
| 2021<ref name="afr2021">{{cite news |author1=Bailey, Michael |author2=Sprague, Julie-anne |url=https://www.afr.com/rich-list/australia-s-10-richest-people-revealed-20210526-p57vfr |title=The 200 richest people in Australia revealed |work=[[Australian Financial Review]] |date=27 May 2021 |access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref>
| align="center" | {{nowrap|{{nts|122}} {{decrease}}}}
| align="right"  | $871&nbsp;million {{steady}}
| align="center" | 
| align="right"  | 
|-
| 2022
| align="center" | ''n/a''
| align="right"  | ''unlisted''
| align="center" | 
| align="right"  | 
|-
| 2023<ref name="afr2023">{{cite news |author1=Bailey, Michael |author2=Sprague, Julie-anne |url=https://www.afr.com/rich-list/australia-s-10-richest-people-revealed-20230523-p5dapa |title=The 200 richest people in Australia revealed |work=[[Australian Financial Review]] |date=26 May 2023 |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref>
| align="center" | {{nowrap|{{nts|156}} {{up}}}}
| align="right"  | $901&nbsp;million {{up}}
| align="center" | 
| align="right"  | 
|}

{{column}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|<small>Legend</small>
|-
!<small> Icon</small>
!<small> Description</small>
|-
|{{steady}}
|<small>Has not changed from the previous year</small>
|-
|{{profit}}
|<small>Has increased from the previous year</small>
|-
|{{loss}}
|<small>Has decreased from the previous year</small>
|}
{{columns-end}}

==Bibliography==
*''Mayfield'' (1993). {{ISBN|0747238634}}
*''My Zulu, Myself'' (1995). {{ISBN|0747248591}}
*''Vale Valhalla'' (2000). {{ISBN|0747260885}}
*''None But the Brave'' (2003). {{ISBN|0755305213}}
*''For Freedom'' (2007). {{ISBN|0755309405}}
*''The Great Deception'' (2012). {{ISBN|0755352645}}<ref name="frontmatter">{{cite book |last1=Chambers |first1=Joy |title=The Great Deception |date=2013 |publisher=Headline Review |location=London |isbn=978-0-7553-5266-1 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/greatdeception0000cham/page/n3/mode/2up?q=%22Great+Deception%22+%22my+zulu+myself%22 |chapter=[Front matter]}}</ref><ref name="dailymirror">{{cite news |last1=Johns |first1=Victoria |title=Neighbours legend dies age 76 as tributes pour in |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-neighbours-actress-joy-chambers-30960589 |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=17 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.joychambers.com/ Official website]
*{{IMDb name|id=0150359|name=Joy Chambers}}
*[http://www.hachette.com.au/authors/joy-chambers/ Joy Chambers] at [[Hachette Book Group USA|Hachette]]

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[[Category:2023 deaths]]
[[Category:Australian soap opera actresses]]
[[Category:Australian women novelists]]
[[Category:People from Ipswich, Queensland]]
[[Category:Australian expatriates in Bermuda]]